You've ignored this film. It will no longer appear as a recommendation. View ignored films.
You've decided to remember Beneath the Planet of the Apes for later. You can see all your remembered films here.
Summary: In an effort to find the missing astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston), James Fransiscus goes on a rescue mission to the planet of the apes... (imdb)
Not as great as the original movie and considerably bleak in its outlook, but there are still several elements from this movie that have become classic in the Sci Fi genre.
Underfunded and undercooked. A waste of potential. There were a few interesting disparate elements that never really fit together, leading to this weird feeling that you're watching two half-movies. The earlier subway scenes were creepy as hell, though. The only part of the movie really worth going back to.
Bad. Suffers from not having much of Heston and having an even more ridiculous plot that is, as it turns out, pretty unrelated to the first film even though it pretends it's not. The new lead character is incredibly bland, and everything has become much more predictable, annoying and ridiculous. A few good scenes won't save this from it's own incompetence. Nuclear weapons? Psychic powers? And the end twist! As if the premise of the first film wasn't bad enough.. The very end is actually decent.
This bizarre sequel, a kind of supernatural sci-fi -- with Nova still smiling all the time and a funny but unconscious crossover with Dr. Strangelove -- develops absurd ideas, but actually is ended with the same pessimism of the original feature. Insane.
Does a good job pulling you in to a mystery. Then it's a bit more of a rehash, but gets back into the groove with a grand finale. Edgier and slightly more enjoyable than its predecessor.
Rushed to capitalize on the success of POTA this was a misfire and it is rather awkard if compared to that master piece. On it's own it stands well as a 70's exploitative sci-fi flick.
The irony and intelligence that original "Planet of the Apes" has, is nowhere to be seen here. All that is left is extremely cheesy pessimistic sci-fi flick. I had good time laughing from this film, but it's a terrible sequel. But hey, there's plenty of Nova. Nova riding a horse, Nova climbing the ladder, Nova being scared, Nova being curious. Nova is cute. I wonder if gorillas wrote the script for this film.